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Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation

Name: Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

107
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

food shelf

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “cots” · $48,000

$10,000
Cots · Petaluma, CA · 2025
Support for General Operations
$12,000
Cots · Petaluma, CA · 2024
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Cots · Petaluma, CA · 2023
Support for General Operations
$16,000
Cots · Petaluma, CA · 2022
Support for General Operations

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Frazer Ltd2 grants · $277,500
Ndsu Foundation3 grants · $130,000
Ywca Cass Clay4 grants · $100,000
Village Family Service4 grants · $100,000
Salvation Army Fargo4 grants · $100,000
Dakota Boys Ranch4 grants · $90,000
United Way Cass Clay2 grants · $75,000
Detroit Lakes Community Center3 grants · $50,000
Petaluma People Services4 grants · $49,000
Cots4 grants · $48,000

Giving over time

$301,000

2022

$495,000

2023

$405,250

2024

$295,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 107 grants.

$260,000
Frazer Ltd · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$110,000
Ndsu Foundation · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$50,000
United Way Cass Clay · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$30,000
Dakota Boys Ranch · Fargo, ND · 2022
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Salvation Army Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$25,000
United Way Cass Clay · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Village Family Service · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Ywca Cass Clay · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Salvation Army Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Village Family Service · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Ywca Cass Clay · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Salvation Army Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Village Family Service · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Ywca Cass Clay · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Salvation Army Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2022
Support for General Operations
$25,000
United Way of Cass Clay · Fargo, ND · 2022
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Village Family Service · Fargo, ND · 2022
Support for General Operations
$25,000
Ywca Cass Clay · Fargo, ND · 2022
Support for General Operations
$22,000
Petaluma People Services · Petaluma, CA · 2022
Support for General Operations
$20,000
Dakota Boys Ranch · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$20,000
Dakota Boys Ranch · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$20,000
Dakota Boys Ranch · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$20,000
Detroit Lakes Community Center · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2023
Support for General Operations
$20,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$17,500
Frazer Ltd · Fargo, ND · 2022
Support for General Operations
$16,000
Cots · Petaluma, CA · 2022
Support for General Operations
$15,000
Dlccc · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2025
Support for General Operations
$15,000
Open Door Mission · Omaha, NE · 2025
Support for General Operations
$15,000
Detroit Lakes Community Center · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2024
Support for General Operations
$15,000
Hospice of Red River Valley · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$15,000
Detroit Lakes Community Center · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2022
Support for General Operations
$12,500
Jeremiah Program Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2022
Support for General Operations
$12,000
Groves Academy · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Support for General Operations
$12,000
Cots · Petaluma, CA · 2024
Support for General Operations
$12,000
Groves Learning Org · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Support for General Operations
$12,000
Petaluma People Services · Petaluma, CA · 2024
Support for General Operations
$11,000
Intercongregation Communities Association · Minnetonka, MN · 2025
ICA Food Shelf
$10,000
Cots · Petaluma, CA · 2025
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Food Bank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2025
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Mentor Me · Petaluma, CA · 2025
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Ndsu Foundation · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Petaluma People Services · Petaluma, CA · 2025
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Redwood Empire Food Bank · Santa Rosa, CA · 2025
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Salvation Army Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2025
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Fraser Ltd · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Open Door Mission · Omaha, NE · 2024
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Salvation Army Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2024
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Cots · Petaluma, CA · 2023
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Ndsu Foundation · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Open Door Mission · Omaha, NE · 2023
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Salvation Army Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2023
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Uspire Nd · Richardton, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Food Bank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2022
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Fargo, ND · 2022
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Open Door Mission · Omaha, NE · 2022
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Salvation Army Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2022
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Unicefukraine Children · New York, NY · 2022
Support for General Operations
$10,000
Uspire Nd · Richardton, ND · 2022
Support for General Operations
$7,500
Groves Academy · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Support for General Operations
$7,000
Becker County Food Pantry · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2025
Support for General Operations
$7,000
St Marys Food Bank · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Support for General Operations
$7,000
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$6,000
Fraser Ltd · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$6,000
Mentor Me · Petaluma, CA · 2024
Support for General Operations
$6,000
Interfaith Outreach · Plymouth, MN · 2023
Support for General Operations
$6,000
Redwood Empire Food Bank · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Jeremiah Program Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Siena Francis House · Omaha, NE · 2025
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Food Bank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2024
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Jeremiah Program Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2024
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Noticeability · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Siena Francis House · Omaha, NE · 2024
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Becker Co United Way · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2023
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Food Bank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2023
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Holy Family Catholic High School · Victoria, MN · 2023
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Jeremiah Program Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Petaluma People Services · Petaluma, CA · 2023
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Siena Francis House · Omaha, NE · 2023
Support for General Operations
$5,000
Loaves and Fishes · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support for General Operations
$4,000
United Way Becker County · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2025
Support for General Operations
$4,000
Becker County United Way · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2024
Support for General Operations
$4,000
Lakes Area Yes Network · St Cloud, MN · 2024
Support for General Operations
$3,000
Noticeability · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Support for General Operations
$3,000
Ymca Camp Cormorant · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$3,000
Becker County Food Pantry · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2023
Support for General Operations
$2,500
Holy Family Catholic High School · Victoria, MN · 2022
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Boysgirls Club of Detroit Lakes · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2025
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Fargo Public Schools Development · Fargo, ND · 2025
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Lakes Crisis Center · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2025
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Layla Julien Foundation · Mpls, MN · 2025
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Loaves and Fishes · Mpls, MN · 2025
Support for General Operations
$2,000
United Way-Valley of the Sun · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Becker County Food Pantry · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2024
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Boysgirls Club of Detroit Lakes · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2024
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Every Meal · Roseville, MN · 2024
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Lakes Crisis Center · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2024
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Ymca Camp Cormorant · Fargo, ND · 2023
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Becker County Food Pantry · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2022
Support for General Operations
$2,000
Lakes Crisis Center · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2022
Support for General Operations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.